enchain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To restrain with, or as if with, chains. transitive
    — Powerful as were his own feelings, almost tempting him to throw himself at her feet, and make a full acknowledgment of his unvaried and never-ceasing love; yet his recollections of Harcourt, and circumstances therewith connected, the certainty of his expected arrival in England, restrained his utterance, threw a sort of spell over him, enchained by a species of self-command insupportably agonizing.
  2. To link together. transitive

词形变化

enchains present,singular,third-person enchaining participle,present enchained participle,past enchained past

词汇关系

衍生词
disenchain enchainment

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English en-
English chain
English enchain
From en- + chain.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary